High Wind Warning for Western Listening Area

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

924 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

…VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY…

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL FORM ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH

CENTRAL KANSAS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM.

THIS WILL CAUSE VERY STRONG SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO

40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. ACROSS FAR WESTERN

KANSAS…SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE

POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.

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HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SYRACUSE…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…

JOHNSON CITY…ULYSSES…ELKHART…RICHFIELD…HUGOTON…MOSCOW

924 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 /824 AM MST SAT NOV 10 2012/

…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS

EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND

WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS

EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED.

* TIMING…FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY.

* WINDS…SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS…DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ALONG

EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT PROPERTY

DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN WINDS THIS STRONG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED

OR OCCURRING.

&&URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

444 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

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CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-

DEAF SMITH-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BOISE CITY…KEYES…GUYMON…DALHART…

STRATFORD…SPEARMAN…GRUVER…HARTLEY…CHANNING…DUMAS…

VEGA…HEREFORD

444 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO

6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE OKLAHOMA

PANHANDLE…AS WELL AS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE

TEXAS PANHANDLE…

* EVENT…STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE

PANHANDLES BY MID MORNING TODAY. IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLES…

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH WINDS GUSTING 50 TO

60 MPH AT TIMES.

* TIMING…WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND BEGIN TO

DIMINISH AFTER 6 PM CST. GUSTS WILL BE THE STRONGEST FROM NOON TO 5

PM CST.

* IMPACTS…THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT…

ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS

SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND TRAMPOLINES CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. THE

WINDS WILL ALSO KICK UP SUBSTANTIAL DUST…POSSIBLY REDUCING

VISIBILITIES TO NEAR 1 MILE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED

OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS

OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.